Justice
In the world today, someone is always crying and looking for "justice". Most of the time it seems “justice” means “give me something that I don’t deserve or give me more than I deserve.
God's definition and thoughts on justice are radically different than our own. Although I don't currently understand a whole lot about God's system of justice, I do know it's something that's been on the hearts and minds of those closest to Him. And, since I am a bit vague in this area, I guess I need to get closer and find out what's going on!
About two weeks ago while I was at work and I got what I like to call a really intense impression in my spirit. Like sugar cookie dough in a Springerle mold. I don't like to say "God said..." -so many people say that. By the third time in a month someone comes to me and says "God told me..." I've already tuned them out. I don't doubt that God speaks to people but more often than not it's..well... more a feeling they have and a bit of scripture taken from somewhere rather than an actual revelation or “rhema word” When someone says “God told me", I expect my spirit to jump within me like John leapt in Elizabeth’s womb when Mary came in pregnant with Jesus. When a person is pregnant with a living revelation of God, I want my insides to move! Some would say that’s just emotions and I’m OK with that. I serve an emotional God. But that’s a whole other post. That's just my thoughts on that.
Things like this don't happen to me and it's very, very rare that I get something downloaded into my spirit this quickly and intensely. I think it's maybe happened two other times in 25 years. This time though, there was an audible ringing in my ears. I know, I know, but it wasn't that kind of ringing. I mean it kinda was, but it was different. It was like God was ringing on the inside and then there was a VERY strong sense of His presence. I was in the middle of working on the computer and it made me actually stop what I was doing and freeze. I feel His presence on and off all day(if I'm tuned in) but again, this was different. Also, I usually get my thought and impressions when I'm the piano and they come out in song. So, this way of communication was very different for me. I had to stop what I was doing and start writing. I wish God would interrupt a bit more often. Not just me but all of us. Individually and corporately.
Why am I telling you all this? I don't know. But it there. Anyway, call it what you wan, take it for what it’s worth to you. I know something was being put into my spirit. Let this be a seed in your spirit. Often something we get today has to take time to grow and it will be harvested at the proper time for a specific purpose:
SPEAK FOR ETERNITY. JUDGEMENT IS COMING. You are the ones I want to raise up as judges. You are the sons and daughters who will carry righteousness. Like a burden on your shoulders, you will have no rest until it is fulfilled. The weight , the weight, the weight is very heavy. Sometimes it is hard to carry but you carry it with joy. Don’t let people tell you it’s pride. It’s not. It’s the weight of righteousness that I have put upon you, and the joy makes it bearable and possible to carry. For without the pride to carry justice, it cannot be carried. You will not be the physical instrument of justice, but your prayer will release God’s justice. He alone will judge. The justice delivered in the physical will be revealed and given out in a supernatural way. We have to LOVE to carry justice. If we don’t love, we will pervert the justice and hand it out ourselves. We are not to bring justice ourselves, only join with God to make a way for Jesus and His justice.
That's it. Simple? Sure. But if we really think about justice, what it meant, and what it has become, even in the church today, perhaps it means something a bit more. The “handing out of justice ourselves”, is a kind of justice that will be a false kind of justice. It is motivated out of self justification, guilt, fear, and the lack of confidence, assurance, and validation of others. It comes from our past hurts, fears, and inadequacies. Only the justice of the Son is perfect. It is true and it is right. All authority has been given to the Son.
Here’s a prayer I wrote recently(shortly after the day of that really encapsulates this idea:
Oh God I pray that we would be the instrument of justice. That You would reveal yourself as the only one that can bring true justice. Your thoughts are not our thoughts and our idea of justice is not Your idea of Justice. I pray that we would become one with the Father and one with His heart concerning justice. That we would the ones that make the way for the justice not the ones that give it out. That we would be the compassion of God and His hand, and not the instrument of destruction. For we are a wicked people, self serving people, prone to seek matters for ourselves and give our idea of equity in order to validate and repay what had been done to us in the past. Oh God keep our hand from such things. Keep us from assuming the role of a holy judge, a role that belongs to a Holy and perfect God. Protect us from ourselves. Release the love of Your heart to Your people oh God. That we would accept the day to day burdens and consider ourselves blessed when we are hated and reviled for Your name sake. Let us see ourselves and intercessors before the throne of God asking for mercy and not destruction. Let us not be like James and John who wanted to call down fire from heaven, but let carry the burden of mercy and compassion. So when the judgement comes, we will be able to speak the truth of what is happening and rescue many from the coming wrath. Align us with your heart Father God. Let the fire of love burn in us more than the fire of absolution from others. Oh God, validation and acceptance have become the fuel of our fire and the reason for our seeking justice rather than compassion and love being the fuel for the true righteousness of seeking Jesus’ kingdom coming to earth, His will being done, and Him sitting on His rightful throne as King of the Earth.
Partnering with the Son in this hour for such a time as this.
As it is in heaven, let it be on earth.
God's definition and thoughts on justice are radically different than our own. Although I don't currently understand a whole lot about God's system of justice, I do know it's something that's been on the hearts and minds of those closest to Him. And, since I am a bit vague in this area, I guess I need to get closer and find out what's going on!
About two weeks ago while I was at work and I got what I like to call a really intense impression in my spirit. Like sugar cookie dough in a Springerle mold. I don't like to say "God said..." -so many people say that. By the third time in a month someone comes to me and says "God told me..." I've already tuned them out. I don't doubt that God speaks to people but more often than not it's..well... more a feeling they have and a bit of scripture taken from somewhere rather than an actual revelation or “rhema word” When someone says “God told me", I expect my spirit to jump within me like John leapt in Elizabeth’s womb when Mary came in pregnant with Jesus. When a person is pregnant with a living revelation of God, I want my insides to move! Some would say that’s just emotions and I’m OK with that. I serve an emotional God. But that’s a whole other post. That's just my thoughts on that.
Things like this don't happen to me and it's very, very rare that I get something downloaded into my spirit this quickly and intensely. I think it's maybe happened two other times in 25 years. This time though, there was an audible ringing in my ears. I know, I know, but it wasn't that kind of ringing. I mean it kinda was, but it was different. It was like God was ringing on the inside and then there was a VERY strong sense of His presence. I was in the middle of working on the computer and it made me actually stop what I was doing and freeze. I feel His presence on and off all day(if I'm tuned in) but again, this was different. Also, I usually get my thought and impressions when I'm the piano and they come out in song. So, this way of communication was very different for me. I had to stop what I was doing and start writing. I wish God would interrupt a bit more often. Not just me but all of us. Individually and corporately.
Why am I telling you all this? I don't know. But it there. Anyway, call it what you wan, take it for what it’s worth to you. I know something was being put into my spirit. Let this be a seed in your spirit. Often something we get today has to take time to grow and it will be harvested at the proper time for a specific purpose:
SPEAK FOR ETERNITY. JUDGEMENT IS COMING. You are the ones I want to raise up as judges. You are the sons and daughters who will carry righteousness. Like a burden on your shoulders, you will have no rest until it is fulfilled. The weight , the weight, the weight is very heavy. Sometimes it is hard to carry but you carry it with joy. Don’t let people tell you it’s pride. It’s not. It’s the weight of righteousness that I have put upon you, and the joy makes it bearable and possible to carry. For without the pride to carry justice, it cannot be carried. You will not be the physical instrument of justice, but your prayer will release God’s justice. He alone will judge. The justice delivered in the physical will be revealed and given out in a supernatural way. We have to LOVE to carry justice. If we don’t love, we will pervert the justice and hand it out ourselves. We are not to bring justice ourselves, only join with God to make a way for Jesus and His justice.
That's it. Simple? Sure. But if we really think about justice, what it meant, and what it has become, even in the church today, perhaps it means something a bit more. The “handing out of justice ourselves”, is a kind of justice that will be a false kind of justice. It is motivated out of self justification, guilt, fear, and the lack of confidence, assurance, and validation of others. It comes from our past hurts, fears, and inadequacies. Only the justice of the Son is perfect. It is true and it is right. All authority has been given to the Son.
Here’s a prayer I wrote recently(shortly after the day of that really encapsulates this idea:
Oh God I pray that we would be the instrument of justice. That You would reveal yourself as the only one that can bring true justice. Your thoughts are not our thoughts and our idea of justice is not Your idea of Justice. I pray that we would become one with the Father and one with His heart concerning justice. That we would the ones that make the way for the justice not the ones that give it out. That we would be the compassion of God and His hand, and not the instrument of destruction. For we are a wicked people, self serving people, prone to seek matters for ourselves and give our idea of equity in order to validate and repay what had been done to us in the past. Oh God keep our hand from such things. Keep us from assuming the role of a holy judge, a role that belongs to a Holy and perfect God. Protect us from ourselves. Release the love of Your heart to Your people oh God. That we would accept the day to day burdens and consider ourselves blessed when we are hated and reviled for Your name sake. Let us see ourselves and intercessors before the throne of God asking for mercy and not destruction. Let us not be like James and John who wanted to call down fire from heaven, but let carry the burden of mercy and compassion. So when the judgement comes, we will be able to speak the truth of what is happening and rescue many from the coming wrath. Align us with your heart Father God. Let the fire of love burn in us more than the fire of absolution from others. Oh God, validation and acceptance have become the fuel of our fire and the reason for our seeking justice rather than compassion and love being the fuel for the true righteousness of seeking Jesus’ kingdom coming to earth, His will being done, and Him sitting on His rightful throne as King of the Earth.
Partnering with the Son in this hour for such a time as this.
As it is in heaven, let it be on earth.
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